Pages

April 8, 2011

1. Who is Anna Hazare?An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War 2. What's so special about him?He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra

3. So what?This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills. In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly & harmonic village.

4. Ok,...?This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his social activities.

5. Really, what is he fighting for?He is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb corruption in India.

6. How that can be possible?He is advocating for a Bil, The Lok Pal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), beurocrats (IAS/IPS) accountable for their deeds. 8. It's an entirely new thing right..?In 1972, the bill was proposed by then Law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan. Since then it has been neglected by the politicians and some are trying to change the bill to suit thier theft (corruption). 7. Oh.. He is going on a hunger strike for that whole thing of passing a Bill ! How can that be possible in such a short span of time?The first thing he is asking for is: the government should come forward and announce that the bill is going to be passed. Next, they make a joint committee to DRAFT the LOK PAL BILL. 50% goverment participation and 50% public participation. Because you cant trust the government entirely for making such a bill which does not suit them. 8. Fine, What will happen when this bill is passed?A LokPal will be appointed at the centre. He will have an autonomous charge, say like the Election Commission of India. In each and every state, Lokayukta will be appointed. The job is to bring all alleged party to trial in case of corruptions within 1 year. Within 2 years, the guilty will be punished. Not like, Bofors scam or Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, that has been going for last 25 years without any result. 9. Is he alone? Whoelse is there in the fight with Anna Hazare?Baba Ramdev, Ex. IPS Kiran Bedi, Social Activist Swami Agnivesh, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and many more. Prominent personalities like Aamir Khan is supporting his cause. 10. Ok, got it. What can I do?At least we can spread the message. How? Putting status message, links, video, changing profile pics. At least we can support Anna Hazare and the cause for uprooting corruption from India. At least we can hope that his Hunger Strike does not go in vain. At least we can pray for his good health.

April 4, 2011

Buzzr, the largest source of online and local deals in India, today announced the availability of its local deal listings. Buzzr is currently aggregating hundreds of deals across 16 cities in India with more deals being added on a daily basis. Consumers can sign up to receive the latest deals by email and Buzzr also issues deal updates to an active Facebook following of over 40,000 facebook fans across pages targeted by city and interest. Also available, is a deal listings widget that can be installed on any website and can be customized by city and interest categories. For more comprehensive integrations, Buzzr also offers an API that lets third-party developers use its structured location based deal data to build new applications.

Buzzr's provides the most comprehensive deal listing in India by using a combination of business development, content aggregation and community sourced content. Besides exclusive deals negotiated directly with local businesses and deals from group buying sites, Buzzr also brings 'hard to find' deals - the kind that appear in local publications, flyers or even those that are not advertised at all. It does this by using game mechanics and rewards to incentivize users across the country to contribute their local knowledge to the content on the site. Deal providers are given points for their efforts that translate into gifts and also introduce a competitive spirit with rankings and recognition via leaderboards.

"With the introduction of group buying in India, consumers are looking for more and more ways to save money in their everyday purchases." said Kunal Jain, founder of Buzzr.in. "We are giving consumers an easy way to find existing deals in their city and local businesses the opportunity to attract new customers"

Soon, Buzzr plans to launch Blackberry, Android and iPhone applications as well as social media widgets using its API, allowing consumers to access local deals on the go and through whatever medium they choose.

About Buzzr

Buzzr's network consisting of the Buzzr.in website, associated social media profiles and publishing partners is the one stop shop for deals across India. Buzzr pulls together deals from various sources and presents them in a user friendly format that allows consumers to save money when and where they want to. Along with exclusively negotiated offers from direct vendors, Buzzr also showcases the best group buying deals as well as unknown deals shared by consumers with local knowledge in every city.

Buzzr is owned and operated by Enthrall Media, a Mumbai based digital media company.

Disclaimer

Spend time by reading assumes no liability for the accuracy or completeness of any of the information contained on this web site. Furthermore, spend time by reading neither assumes liability for the accuracy or completeness, nor endorses the contents of, any outside links from our web site. This information is provided as a public service for convenience purposes only. Reliance upon the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein is at the user’s risk. Users are strongly encouraged to make every effort to verify the accuracy and/or completeness of the information before reliance thereon.